10 CFR Parts 50, 52, 72,and 73, Power
Reactor Security Requirements, Final Rule The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is amending its security regulations and adding
new security requirements pertaining to nuclear power reactors.
This rulemaking establishes and updates generically applicable
security requirements similar to those previously imposed by
Commission orders issued after the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001. Additionally, this rulemaking adds several new
requirements not derived directly from the security order
requirements but developed as a result of insights gained from
implementation of the security orders, review of site security
plans, implementation of the enhanced baseline inspection program,
and NRC evaluation of force-on-force exercises. This rulemaking
also updates the NRC's security regulatory framework for the
licensing of new nuclear power plants. Finally, it resolves three
petitions for rulemaking (PRM) that were considered during the
development of the final rule.
The estimated incremental
recordkeeping and reporting burden of the rule is 421,709.1 hours.
This analysis estimates the one-time and annual requirements of the
rule, including the third-party annual burden. This analysis
concludes that 70,144.5 hours are for one-time reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. Therefore, the burden increase will be
reduced by approximately 17 percent once the one-time requirements
have been completed. The rule adds three new sections, specifically
§§ 50.54(hh), 73.54 and 73.58, and completely revises §§73.55,
73.56, Part 73 Appendix B, and Part 73 Appendix C. The factors that
account for the increased estimate are the following: The final
rule (1) creates more detailed requirements for the content of
licensees security plans; (2) includes more detailed requirements
for correcting security deficiencies through the sites corrective
action program; (3) adds requirements for safety-security interface
procedures, including third-party information collection and
sharing costs; (4) accounts for recordkeeping associated with alarm
annunciations and access control devices; and, (5) creates
additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with
background investigations for access authorization, including
third-party information collection and sharing costs. The final
rule contains these new provisions that include reporting and
recordkeeping burdens that were not part of previous estimates. The
proposed rule was submitted to OMB on 11/08/07. ICR Reference
Number: 200612-3150-004 and OMB Control Number: 3150-0205.
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10 CFR 73, Physical Protection of Plants and Materials